The Isle of Wight's MP says he will NOT be calling on the Prime Minister to resign after Sue Gray's long-awaited report into lockdown parties was published.
But Bob Seely has admitted "lessons do need to be learned".
He told Isle of Wight Radio:
“I, like many others today, heard the Prime Minister’s statement and apology following the publication of Sue Gray’s report.
"Clearly, there are lessons to be learned and we have already heard from the Prime Minister that changes have been made in Downing Street."
Sue Gray's report goes into the details of a series of events which, she deemed, shouldn't have happened.
At one gathering, on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, Number Ten staff carried on drinking until the early morning.
It found there had been events where people had been sick from drinking too much, while an official sent a message saying they "got away" with holding a gathering.
Mr Seely said he hopes "we can now move on" following the publication of the report.
He said:
“I hope that we can now move on so that Government can focus on other pressing matters including the rise in the cost of living, our response to Russian aggression and levelling up our country, as the Prime Minister outlined today.
“I won’t be calling on Boris Johnson to resign, in the same way that I won’t be calling on Labour leader Keir Starmer to resign, if he is fined breaking the rules of lockdown over the infamous ‘beergate’ supper in April 2021.”
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has already pledged to offer his resignation if he is issued a fixed penalty notice for breaking COVID rules.
He has come under pressure over an event in Durham in April 2021 with party colleagues when he was filmed having a drink and a takeaway curry was ordered.
Sir Keir said he was "absolutely clear that no laws were broken" in his case.
Boris Johnson is set to give a press conference at 3.30pm this afternoon (Wednesday).
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